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Paddle Whispers - Page 18
2005 - 192 pages
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John Muir National Historic Site

Ariel Rubissow, Ariel Rubissow Okamoto - Architecture - 1990 - 16 pages
...he would leam a lot there, It was "not like my taking the veil—no solemn abluration of the world I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in," Muir went all the way in, He believed that...
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The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology

Cheryll Glotfelty, Harold Fromm - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 466 pages
...SLOVIC Nature Writing and Environmental Psychology • •• THE INTERIORITY OF OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. — John Muir, Journal (I9I3) Wilderness...
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A Hint of Frost: Essays on the Earth

Russell K King, Rusty King - Nature - 1997 - 202 pages
...part of, not apart from, nature. John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club, described it this way: "I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." Learning about nature, we learn about ourselves....
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Dramas of Solitude: Narratives of Retreat in American Nature Writing

Randall Roorda - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 308 pages
...going in" passage by John Muir that I discussed in chapter 2 as a paradigm of retreat narrative ("I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown . . ."). The second, by Rachel Carson, is just as telling a thematic gesture: If there...
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MindWalks: 100 Easy Ways to Relieve Stress, Stay Motivated, and Nourish Your ...

Mary H. Frakes - Self-actualization (Psychology) - 1999 - 260 pages
...pure and welcome to ears grown dull from not listening closely enough. NOURISHING YOUR SPIRIT m sT / only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. JOHN MUIR The Heart Opening You've been...
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North Writers: A Strong Woods Collection

John Henricksson - Literary Collections - 2000 - 316 pages
..."wildness within" is all about. As John Muir, grandfather of the modern environmental movement, wrote, "I went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay...sundown; for going out, I found, was really going in." Harmony So we have come to the idea of unity, unity between humankind and nature, between inner and...
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Red Rock Field Journal: Pass on Your Natural Legacy, Coconino National Forest

Biodiversity conservation - 2000 - 52 pages
...the town, and local organizations. "I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." John Muir Vv Plan ahead and prepare. Camp and travel on durable surfaces. Pack it in, pack it out. Bury human...
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Pilgrimage: Adventures of the Spirit

Sean O'Reilly, James O'Reilly - Religion - 2000 - 308 pages
...deepest thoughts. The bona fide soul journey echoes John Muir's realization at Yosemite a century ago, "I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found out I was really going in." As if brought to light by the lantern...
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The Wilderness World of John Muir

John Muir - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 356 pages
...buried beside his wife. In his journal he once noted concerning his lifelong devotion to nature: '7 only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going m." Throughout his books Muii^s philosophy of...
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365 Travel: A Daily Book of Journeys, Meditations, and Adventures

Lisa Bach - Religion - 2001 - 404 pages
...deepest thoughts. The bona fide soul journey echoes John Muir's realization at Yosemite a century ago, "I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found out I was really going in." —PHIL COUSINEAU, Introduction, Pilgrimage:...
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